Elliott Dearlove was hauled in front of his deputy head after asking the question of a five-year-old boy in the playground.

His mum Hayley White, 29, said her son was “extremely upset” by the claim.

And she has refused to sign a form admitting he was a racist.

Hayley said she was summoned to a meeting with Elliott and the deputy head of Griffin Primary School in Hull. She said: “When I asked Elliott what had happened, he became extremely upset. He kept saying to me: ‘I was just asking a question. I didn’t mean it to be nasty.’”

She said she refused to sign a form acknowledging her son had made a racist remark, which would be sent to the local education authority for further investigation.

Karl Turner, 40, Labour MP for Kingston upon Hull East, last night said: “Common sense seems to have gone completely out of the window.”

Griffin Primary head Janet Adamson said the school had acted “in accordance with the council’s guidance”.